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  • Tuesday, June 24, 2008 02:21 PM

    My search history

    Includes such things as oysters, hydroponics, hay vs straw, solar water heaters, a bible verse, British law as it relates to firearms, etc.

    All this proves is that information can be had easily. With the Internet, I can get access to information that I have only marginal interest in.

    I have no large or compelling interest in much of what I search for. If I had to go to the library to look it up, I wouldn’t go through the bother. But because information retrieval is so trivial with the Internet, I can indulge in whatever fancy strikes me.

    Seeing lots of hits for any of the above doesn’t mean my community approves or even knows of these things. It just proves they are easy to research.

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